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Although doctors may complain about having to be on call, sometimes it can provide a useful excuse

Sir, The single-handed GP in the North Somerset village where I grew up and
was a choirboy in the 1940s, always made an exit from mattins or evensong
just before the rector began his sermon (letter,
Dec 19).

This, we were told, was so that the doctor could be back home to see his
patients at his surgery, but we boys thought how fortunate he was to be
excused from a boring part of the service.

There was no appointment system either, so he had to be there on time in case
the early patients were suffering an emergency.

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